---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the establishment of an electronic database for settlement agreements for certain suits involving minors or incapacitated persons; authorizing a fee."
description: "Relating to the establishment of an electronic database for settlement agreements for certain suits involving minors or incapacitated persons; authorizing a fee."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "86"
identifier: "HB 770"
citation: "Texas HB 770 (86)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Courts--Administration (I0130)", "Courts--Civil Procedure (I0135)", "Electronic Information Systems (I0311)", "Minors--General (I0537)", "Probate--Guardians & Related Trusts (I0589)", "Property Interests--Trusts (I0008)", "INCAPACITATED PERSONS (S0353)", "COURT ADMINISTRATION", "OFFICE OF (V8690)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Davis, Sarah", "Zaffirini"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 44
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2019-01-11"
last_action: "2019-06-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b808e478-90e8-4f9b-b0c1-a7054fa9ecff"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/86R/billhistory/house_bills/HB00700_HB00799/HB 770.xml"
source_hash: "8b66e3287798c3db12494bbe71ceb9e656d1d4f0773ce197935812ab6b9afd23"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-tx"]
---

# Texas HB 770 (86) — Relating to the establishment of an electronic database for settlement agreements for certain suits involving minors or incapacitated persons; authorizing a fee.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](http://www.legis.state.tx.us/tlodocs/86R/billtext/html/HB00770I.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **148–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Davis, Sarah — primary (person)
- Zaffirini — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2019-01-11** Filed `filing`
- **2019-02-21** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-02-21** Referred to Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-18** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-03-18** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2019-03-18** Left pending in committee
- **2019-03-25** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-03-25** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage`
- **2019-03-28** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2019-03-28** Committee report distributed
- **2019-03-29** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2019-04-02** Considered in Calendars
- **2019-04-05** Considered in Calendars
- **2019-04-08** Placed on General State Calendar
- **2019-04-08** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2019-04-08** Passed to engrossment
- **2019-04-09** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-04-09** Passed `passage`
- **2019-04-09** Record vote
- **2019-04-09** Reported engrossed
- **2019-04-11** Received from the House `introduction`
- **2019-05-07** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-05-07** Referred to State Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-13** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2019-05-13** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-05-14** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-05-14** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2019-05-14** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2019-05-20** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
- **2019-05-20** Laid before the Senate
- **2019-05-20** Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading
- **2019-05-20** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-05-20** Three day rule suspended
- **2019-05-20** Record vote
- **2019-05-20** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-05-20** Passed `passage`
- **2019-05-20** Record vote
- **2019-05-21** Senate passage reported
- **2019-05-21** Reported enrolled
- **2019-05-22** Signed in the House
- **2019-05-24** Signed in the Senate
- **2019-05-24** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-06-10** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2019-06-10** Effective on 9/1/19 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b808e478-90e8-4f9b-b0c1-a7054fa9ecff`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).